The latest Cloud-based services are a boon to all those who have looking for reliable ways of storing photos in a safe and convenient way. Cloud-based services let you download apps to your computers and mobile devices, and automatically sync to download, share, and sometimes edit your images and other files wherever you are.

Different clouds have different storage limits, charges, and preferences as far as choice of operating systems go. Listed here are 5 popular ones:  

1. iCloud:

It is the best cloud service for your iOS device. Every user with an Apple ID gets 5 GB of storage for free to back up your photos, documents and emails. It allows your to access your photos on any Apple device – like iPad, iPhone, iPod or Macbook. Auto-sync facility is a plus point.

2. Dropbox:

It provides a safe haven for your photos and documents once you install Dropbox in your computer. You can also access it through their website from anywhere and anytime. However, you might find need for improvement while viewing non-JPEG photos.

3. Google Drive:

It gives you 15GB of free storage space to share between Google Drive, Gmail and Google+ Photos, which can be expanded to 100GB for about $6 per month. Storage and sharing of documents like photos, spreadsheets and pdfs is robust and reliable.

4. SkyDrive:

It is very similar to Google Drive in the sense that it lets you sync your computer with SkyDrive through a special folder in the computer. Online and app based photo interface and slideshows are nicely designed.

5. SugarSync:

This cloud service is different than other websites in the sense that it does "traditional" online backup just as well or better than much of its competition and at the same time, it can sync files between all of your devices. In addition to that, it gives you access to your backed-up photos and other data from your smartphone which is very convenient since people prefer to get as much work done on phone as possible.